Lemon-juice extractor



(No Model.)

E. BALTZLEY.

LEMON JUICE EXTRAGTOR.

No. 387,942. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PnTnNT @einen EDYVIN BALTZLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

LEMON-JUICE EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110.387,942, dated August14, 1888.

Application filed May 2, IESS. Serial No. 272,588. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN BALTZLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLemon-Juice Extractors; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and iigures Y of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to devices for extracting the juice from lemonsof that class in which radial and converging knives form the basis, thejuice and the pulp of the lemon being extracted by forcing the lemon onthe said knives-aud at the same time giving to the lemon a rotarymovement.

The improvement consists of the novel features which hereinafter will bemore fully de scribed and claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, inWhich- Figure Il. is a perspective view of a device of my invention;Fig. 2, a perspective view of the device, showing it provided with feet;Fig. 3, a vertical central section of the device shown in Fig. l; Fig.4, a perspective vievT of a modification, showing the cone detached fromthe drainageplate and showing its relative position; and Fig. 5, aperspective view of a further modification.

The device is composed, essentially, of two partsnthe ribbed cone Aandthe bed or drainageplate B. The ribs c of the cone are sharp, and thesides slope equally in each direction, giving a like bevel to each side.The ribs extend to the apex of the cone and terminate at some distanceabove the base of the cone, being widened at their lower ends. The coneis provided with a narrow margin at its base, which margin is providedwith a series of preferably vertical channels, b, to form ducts for theescape of the juice between the cone and the pulp. The arms C, extendingradially from the base of the cone, serve a threefold purpose-minst, assupports for the cone; secv oud, base-cutters to remove the pulp fromthe lower edge of the lemon 5 and, third, as a means of connectionbetween the bed and the cone. These arms may be extended Sudiciently farto form the sole support of the cone on the glass or other suitablevessel, the bed or drainage-plate being dispensed with, as shown in Fig.5, In the latter case thelower edge of the arms will be serrated to givethem a firm purchase on the edge of the glass or vessel and prevent thedevice from slipping. While the bed or drainage-plate maybe dispensedwith, it is preferred to provide the same to catch the seeds and pulpand prevent the same from entering into the vessel.

It will `be observed that the arms C are in line with and form aprolongation of some of the ribs. The ribs remove the pulp from the skinof the lemon, and the arms at the same time remove the pulp from thelower edge of the skin. The sides of the arms are beveled to an edge tofacilitate the cutting action of the arms.

The bed or drainage-plate is provided with a central opening, which isabout equal to the diameter of the base of the cone and is arranged aslight distance below the cone to form the channel d for the escape ofthe juice, the channel being narrow enough to prevent the passage of theseeds and the pulp, which are retained on the bed or drainage-plate. Thebed flares upwardly from its inner edge, and is preferably provided withthe channels e,which extend from the inner to the outer edge there of,and which form ducts to convey the juice beneath the pulp, Src., thatmay accumulate on the drainage-plate, to the central opening in the saidbed or plate. The under side of the bed dares upwardly to center thedevice when placed on a glass, and also prevent its slipping. The rim E,depending from the outer edge of the bed, gives a finish to the deviceand prevents it from slipping off of a glass in the event of any lateralmotion being imparted thereto.

Vhile for the sake of economy it is preferred to have the bed, the cone,and the arms integral, yet it has been found. expedient and of advantageto make the bed and cone inte gral with the one or the other, the armsbeing shown integral with the cone and adapted to tit in sockets fin thebed..

The device shown in Fig. 2 is in every respect constructed like thatshown in Fig. 1, except that it is provided with feet m, which aredesigned to support the drainage-plate at a slight distance from a plateor other fiat surface on which the device may be placed. These feet alsofit in the angles of a square vessel and prevent the d evice turningwhen rotating the lemon on the cone.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

l. The herein-described lemonjuice eX- tractor,co1nposed of a conehaving ribs which are sharpened and having arms extending therefrom andforming aprolongation of some of the ribs, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. The herein-described lemon ujuice eX- tractor, comprising the conehaving a well defined margin at its lower edge, and having the ribs andthe channels between the ribs extending from the said margin'tothe apexof the cone, and having juice-channels formed in the face of the marginonly and extending from the top to the bottom of the said margin,substantially as shown.

3. The combination, with the cone having of the drainage-plate,substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with the cone having the ribs a, and the bed ordrainage-plate having a central opening which is about equal to thediameter of the base of the cone, the bed being set below the cone toform a slot for the egress of the juice, of the arms extending from thecone, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. rlhe combination, with the cone having the ribs a and arms C, of thedaring drainageplate having the channels e, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

6. rlhe herein-described lemon-juice eX-

